December 2024: Club Whites
1. Dupre-Goujon Côte de Brouilly “Clos des Muriers” 2023
This low intervention white Burgundy is precise, beautiful, and very expressive. Made with wild yeasts and given a year-long elevage, it shows notes of apricots, herbs and a beautiful chalky freshness.
Details: floral, biodynamic white Beaujolais
Drink: now – 2 years
Pairing: comté on crackers
Available: $35/bot ($28 w/ followup coupon)
2. Gagnard Hautes-Côtes de Beaune “Sous Eguisons” 2020
A humble wine from a masterful winemaker, this regional-level white Burgundy from the hills west of St-Aubin is a stunner, and with three years in the bottle has blossomed into an elegant wine punching above its weight.
Details: low-oak white Burgundy from a master winemaker
Drink: now-2 years
Pairing: scallops with butter and lemon
Available: $42/bot ($33.60 w/ followup coupon)
3. Giroux Pouilly-Fuissé “Raidillons” 2021
This laser focused, barely-oaked, organic cuvée comes from Pouilly-Fuissé in southern Burgundy’s Maconnais region. It’s lively and crisp but with excellent depth and notes of honeysuckle, green apple, and pear.
Details: precise, organic, focused white Burgundy
Drink: now – 4 years
Pairing: grilled trout
Available: $38/bot ($30.4 w/ followup coupon)